The best museums Montreal

The 120 years of French rule (1639-1759) in the Ursulines. Paintings, sculptures, furniture and beautiful embroidery performed by them in the th, th and th centuries.

This charming street is renowned for its art and antiques stores.

This lively route filled with restaurants and shops contains some of the most beautiful houses in the city.

In the th century it was the business district.

The best meets the worst in this alley where artists exhibit year-round and where passers-by, in high season, is struggling to take a path. The street bears its name in a building where the settlers of the French regime were going to pay their royalty to the Royal Treasury.

He contributed to the development of the city and played a vital role until the end of the th century. It offers a modern complex, the Agora (1980), comprising an amphitheatre and a shopping centre, as well as an interpretation centre for the Old Port-de-Québec (100 rue Saint-André) which highlights the dominant role of the port in the th century.

The museum offers more than 10 thematic exhibitions at a time. It is organized into two sections: " Objects of Civilization " (furniture, tools, Quebec costumes) and" Memories " (four centuries of history and culture).

The Quebec City seminar is Canada's oldest higher education institution. The Museum of French America presents unique collections in the tradition of the th and th centuries university museums: European, religious and secular paintings, liturgical objects…

The oldest basilica of the part of the American continent in northern Mexico, a cathedral since the end of the th century, the masterpiece of the Baillairgé family, is rich in art.

Permanent collections of Quebec art and temporary exhibitions devoted to an artist, theme or time. The Musée du Québec houses the Museum of National Art and the largest selection of works produced in Quebec since the th century.

This new museum and civic space replaces the Centre d'histoire de Montréal, which was located in Old Montreal. Its mission is to showcase Montreal's diverse identities through the testimonies of the city's various communities. At the time of writing, the Centre was in the first phase of opening, with a permanent exhibition scheduled for 2024. On-site coffee shop.